Quantum cascade lasers (QCLs) in biomedical spectroscopy

A Schwaighofer, M Brandstetter, B Lendl - Chemical Society Reviews, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
Quantum cascade lasers (QCL) are the first room temperature semiconductor laser source
for the mid-IR spectral region, triggering substantial development for the advancement of …

Infrared spectroscopic laser scanning confocal microscopy for whole-slide chemical imaging

K Yeh, I Sharma, K Falahkheirkhah, MP Confer… - Nature …, 2023 - nature.com
Chemical imaging, especially mid-infrared spectroscopic microscopy, enables label-free
biomedical analyses while achieving expansive molecular sensitivity. However, its slow …

Compact photoacoustic module for methane detection incorporating interband cascade light emitting device

H Zheng, M Lou, L Dong, H Wu, W Ye, X Yin… - Optics express, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A photoacoustic module (PAM) for methane detection was developed by combining a novel
3.2 μm interband cascade light emitting device (ICLED) with a compact differential …

Sub-ppb-level CH4 detection by exploiting a low-noise differential photoacoustic resonator with a room-temperature interband cascade laser

H Zheng, Y Liu, H Lin, R Kan, P Patimisco… - Optics …, 2020 - opg.optica.org
An ultra-highly sensitive and robust CH_4 sensor is reported based on a 3.3 µm interband
cascade laser (ICL) and a low-noise differential photoacoustic (PAS) cell. The ICL emission …

Highly sensitive SO2 photoacoustic sensor for SF6 decomposition detection using a compact mW-level diode-pumped solid-state laser emitting at 303 nm

X Yin, L Dong, H Wu, H Zheng, W Ma, L Zhang… - Optics …, 2017 - opg.optica.org
A compact ppb-level SO_2 photoacoustic sensor was developed for the application of SF_6
decomposition detection in electric power systems. The selection of the SO_2 target …

Highly sensitive photoacoustic multicomponent gas sensor for SF6 decomposition online monitoring

X Yin, L Dong, H Wu, L Zhang, W Ma, W Yin, L Xiao… - Optics …, 2019 - opg.optica.org
A ppb-level photoacoustic multicomponent gas sensor system for sulfur hexafluoride (SF_6)
decomposition detection was developed by the use of two near-infrared (NIR) diode lasers …

Fiber-ring laser-based intracavity photoacoustic spectroscopy for trace gas sensing

Q Wang, Z Wang, J Chang, W Ren - Optics Letters, 2017 - opg.optica.org
We demonstrated a novel trace gas sensing method based on fiber-ring laser intracavity
photoacoustic spectroscopy. This spectroscopic technique is a merging of photoacoustic …

The fiber ring laser intra-cavity gas sensor for C2H2 and CO2 detection based on photoacoustic spectroscopy

H Zhang, S Bi, Q Zhang, C Tian, Z Wang - Infrared Physics & Technology, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a two-component gas sensing system in the resonant cavity of the fiber ring
laser based on photoacoustic spectroscopy (PAS) is designed by embedding the PAS cell …

Multicolor discrete frequency infrared spectroscopic imaging

K Yeh, D Lee, R Bhargava - Analytical chemistry, 2019 - ACS Publications
Advancement of discrete frequency infrared (DFIR) spectroscopic microscopes in image
quality and data throughput are critical to their use for analytical measurements. Here, we …

Mid-infrared standoff spectroscopy using a supercontinuum laser with compact Fabry–Pérot filter spectrometers

J Kilgus, K Duswald, G Langer… - Applied …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
Mid-infrared (MIR) supercontinuum (SC) lasers are an attractive new option in the field of IR
spectroscopy, especially for standoff detection. Supercontinuum radiation unites high …